The GEO Programme Board

The GEO Programme Board was established as part of the development of the GEO Strategic Plan 2016 - 2025 and approved at the Mexico City Ministerial Summit in November, 2015.
The Programme Board oversees the establishment of the multi-year GEO Work Programmes and works to align proposed activities with GEO priorities and committed resources. The Programme Board reports to the GEO Executive Committee and Plenary. GEO Members and Participating Organizations nominate representatives to the Programme Board.

Members of the Board dialogue with contributors to the GEO Work Programmes, connecting ideas and contributions to GEO’s Strategic Objectives to advocate, engage and deliver Earth observation data and information, as well as to support the use of the newly established four Implementation Mechanisms for GEO activities:

  • Foundational tasks
  • Community activities
  • GEO Initiatives
  • GEO Flagships

The Programme Board Co-Chairs are: Evangelos Gerasopoulos (Greece), Amos Kabo-Bah (Ghana) and Justyna Nicinska (United States)

Members of the Board also dialogue with the wider GEO community and external stakeholders to broaden support for the realization the GEO Work Programme. Members of the GEO community are welcome to contact members of the Programme Board or the co-chairs.

The Terms of Reference of the Programme Board can be found on pages 7 to 9 of the Rules of Procedure

The Programme Board has several subgroups, of which the ToRs can be downloaded here:

The GEO Secretariat's contact for Programme Board matters is Madeeha Bajwa.

Members

Member Contact Name Role Email Address
Cambodia Kimhor Meng Principal
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Canada Carla Schmitt Principal
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Canada Andrew Davidson Alternate
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China Guifei Jing Principal
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China Yuqi Bai Alternate
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China Xiang Zhou Alternate
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El Salvador Telma Ivette Chávaz Parada Principal
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El Salvador Mario Giovanni Molina Masferrer Alternate
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European Commission Jean Dusart Principal
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European Commission Mark Dowell Alternate
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European Commission Franz Immler Alternate
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Finland Saku Anttila Principal
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Finland Pekka Hurskainen Alternate
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Finland Petteri Vihervaara Alternate
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France Thierry Ranchin Principal
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France Laurent Durieux Alternate
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Germany Charlotte Hoppe Principal
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Germany Thorsten Büßelberg Alternate
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Ghana Amos Kabo-Bah Co-Chair
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Ghana Dickson Adomako Alternate
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Ghana Anita Antwiwaa Alternate
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Greece Evangelos Gerasopoulos Co-Chair
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India Prakash Chauhan Principal
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India Rajeev Jaiswal Alternate
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India Rashmi Sharma Alternate
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Japan Osamu Ochiai Principal
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Japan Hiroyuki Muraoka Alternate
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Paraguay Thanya Idoyaga Irala Principal
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Paraguay Cecilia Calcena Alternate
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Paraguay Rodrigo Fleytas González Alternate
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South Africa Tinyiko Ntshongwana Principal
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South Africa Lulu Makapela Alternate
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United Kingdom Matthew Foote Principal
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United Kingdom Stuart Marsh Alternate
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United Kingdom Nathalie Pettorelli Alternate
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United States Justyna Nicinska Co-Chair
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United States Michael Crino Alternate
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Participating Organizations

Participating Organizations Contact Name Role Email Address
ACCREC Nura Jibo Principal
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ACCREC Hilaluddeen Muhammad Alternate
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ACCREC Rabia Said Alternate
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CBD Jillian Campbell Principal
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CBD Sakhile Silitshena Alternate
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CEOS Takeshi Hirabayashi Principal
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CEOS Steven Ramage Alternate
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COSPAR Suresh Vannan Principal
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COSPAR Yasko Kasai Alternate
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EEA Andrus Meiner Principal
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EEA Jean-Philippe Aurambout Alternate
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EEA Christiana Photiadou Alternate
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EEA Jose Rubio Iglesias Alternate
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ESA Marie-Claire Greening Principal
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ESIP Kathleen Fontaine Principal
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ESIP Karl Benedict Alternate
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ESIP Susan Shingledecker Alternate
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Eurisy Annalisa Donati Principal
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GRSS Paolo Gamba Principal
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GRSS Haris Kontoes Alternate
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GRSS Saibun Tjuatja Alternate
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IAG Allison Craddock Principal
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IAG Richard Gross Alternate
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ISC Bapon Fakhruddin Principal
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ISC Shailesh Nayak Alternate
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ISC Alena Rybkina Alternate
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ISDE Shaik Mohamed Zaffar Sadiq Mohamed Ghouse Principal
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ISDE Mario Hernandez Alternate
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MRI Carolina Adler Principal
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MRI James Thornton Alternate
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OGC Marie-Francoise Voidrot Principal
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OGC Nils Hempelmann Alternate
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OGC Ingo Simonis Alternate
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Plan4all Karel Charvat Principal
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Plan4all Hana Kubickova Alternate
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Plan4all Tomas Mildorf Alternate
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SWF Krystal Azelton Principal
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SWF Peter Martinez Alternate
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Observer seat on the Executive Committee

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Meetings

27th Programme Board Meeting
5-6 September 2023, Virtual

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26th Programme Board Meeting
15-16 June 2023, Hybrid meeting (Geneva / Virtual)

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25th Programme Board Meeting
7-8 February 2023, Hybrid meeting (Geneva / Virtual)

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24th Programme Board Meeting
6-7 September 2022, Hybrid meeting (Geneva / Virtual)

Logistics to get to the venue

Important: please read the indications to get to the venue of the 24th Programme Board meeting: directions to the International Environment House 2.

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23rd Programme Board Meeting
21-22 June 2022, Hybrid meeting (Geneva / Virtual)

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22nd Programme Board Meeting
22-24 February 2022, Virtual meeting

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21st Programme Board Meeting
28-30 September 2021, Virtual meeting

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20th Programme Board Meeting
18-20 May 2021, Virtual meeting

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19th Programme Board Meeting
26-28 January 2021, Virtual meeting

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18th Programme Board Meeting
1-3 September 2020, Virtual meeting

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17th Programme Board Meeting
11-12 June 2020, Virtual meeting

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16th Programme Board Meeting
5-7 February 2020, Geneva, Switzerland

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Presentations of the Special Session on Disaster Risk Resilience

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15th Programme Board Meeting
4-5 September 2019, Ispra, Italy

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14th Programme Board Meeting
12-13 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland

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